The Iowa City City Council unanimously approved a resolution at its June 6 formal meeting that will initiate a two-year zero-fare pilot program on Iowa City transit routes. The program is expected to start a review process regarding the program’s success a year in and will report its findings back to the councilors. These findings.
Iowa City City Councilor Andrew Dunn announced his run for Councilor John Thomas’ council seat, which will be vacant in January 2024. The city council elected Dunn in January to fill the At-Large seat of former Councilor Janice Weiner, who left the council after she was elected to the Iowa Senate. This term will end.
Members of the University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government are hopeful after a bill to make renting in Iowa City easier passed through the Iowa House of Representatives this month. House File 305, a bill that outlines a checklist agreement between renters and tenants, passed the House on March 9. This bill follows House File.